After taking particular offence to a line of questioning from Jochen Breyer on Germany's ZDF, Klopp stormed off live on television to leave the presenter uneasily laughing alongside legendary goalkeeper Oliver Khan.

Breyer is reported to have said about the result: “Not even a 4-1 win of last year would be sufficient [to beat Madrid in the second leg]. So, as you said Jurgen Klopp, you said your team would show up, but tie is done.”

Klopp replied: “How can anyone pay my salary if I say the tie is done. I would be just as stupid to say we are going to thrash them, but I’m not going to be able continue standing in this studio to be provoked into saying a stupid thing.